Thanks to Dark Horse Comics, the "Xenoverse" is about to grow a little larger. CBR can exclusively reveal the covers and solicitation for writer Dan Abnett and artist Brian Thies' "Predator: Life and Death," a four-issue miniseries which will kick off the publisher's initiative to expand this universe next year. Several new series helmed by Abnett and as-yet-unannounced artists will follow "Predator" and focus on "Prometheus," "Aliens" and "Alien vs. Predator."

Predator: Life and Death #1 (of 4)

Dan Abnett (W), Brian Thies (A), Rain Beredo (C), and David Palumbo (Cover)

On sale Mar 2

FC, 32 pages

$3.99

Miniseries

Colonial Marines on the planet Tartarus battle extraterrestrial hunters over the possession of a mysterious horseshoe-shaped spaceship of unknown origin.

The Weyland-Yutani rep wants the ship, and the marine captain wants to protect her crew. But neither objective is likely when a band of Predators attacks!

• Predator: Life and Death begins chapter one in a new story cycle involving Predators, Aliens, and the mysterious Engineers from Prometheus!

"Predator: Life and Death" #1 is scheduled for release on March 2, 2016.